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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Start date: March 6, 2011

Finish date: March 31, 2011

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Feb 07, 2011 Laraine rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classic

This book was not what I expected at all. I'm not sure how I feel about it even until now. It's lyrical prose and Emily Bronte's descriptions were very beautiful and it's as if I was living and breathing the story instead of reading about it. Even if it was sometimes difficult to follow the narrators, I applaud the author for the creative use of storytelling. Nelly, one of the narrators, made it all so real by being subjective in her tales to Mr. Lockwood that one can't help but notice how much ...more

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Feb 03, 2012 Ali rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ap-english, 2012, high-school, favorites, rory-gilmore-book-challenge, classics

When the books were handed out to my AP Lit class, everyone predicted that this book would be just another Pride and Prejudice. (Which hurt considering how much I adore Pride and Prejudice). But this i very far from Jane Austen's satire. It's a story of two despicable human beings that are completely enraptured with this passion and obsession. I don't fancy Heathcliff in the slightest. He's a sorry excuse for a man, but quite an excellent character to read about. Honestly, I jump to this book's ...more

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Nov 07, 2010 Madge rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: classics

It took me at least 10 years to actually finish this book. I love classics, but this book was almost torture until the last 30 pages or so. I do not, and probably will never, understand why so many people rave about this book. The only thing that kept me reading it was so I could finally say I'd finished it, after trying so many times. ...more

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Nov 08, 2012 Lauren rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 1305

Well I am sure am glad that is over.

Why do people love this novel? Yes, it was beautifully written but it was the story of a large group of TERRIBLE people.

I was not impressed.

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